i am encouraged and the u.s. needs to do more than talk. i think the administration generally has been very quiet about the persecution of religious minorities, especially christians. reluctant even to mention the fact christians willing killed in iraq. i think secretary clinton's statement is a state forward acknowledging what is happening. now it remains to be seen what they do. if it stays at words, then tas huge disappointment. it is just wind. if they begin to act. if they raise the issues with the government pakistan, with the government iraq, if they look to specific protections from the christian communities in iraq, that is an important step. >> okay. paul marshal, stay in d.c. gary in egypt and we have more to talk. when we come back our own gary lane is in cairo and tremendous changes, and talk about the implications for what this means for christians in the middle east. i hope you'll continue to watch us, we'll be back right after this. >> that is egyptian cleric calling for the liberation in tahrir square. he is the spiritual f